Netflix
Posted 6mo ago

Distributed Systems Engineer 5 - Membership & Monetization Platform

Netflix
United States
$388k-$619k/yrRemoteFull Time
Responsibilities
  • design systems
  • own on-call
  • improve throughput
Requirements
  • 9+ years in designing and operating high-scale distributed systems
  • Proficiency in Java/Kotlin/C#/Scala
  • Strong on-call and production reliability
Technical tools mentioned
JavaKotlinCSharpScalaElasticSearchKafkaHiveAWSPrestoSpark SQLFlinkgRPCGraphQLRESTSQLNoSQLCassandraAmazon AuroraMemcached

Job description

At Netflix, our mission is to entertain the world. Together, we are writing the next episode - pushing the boundaries of storytelling, global fandom and making the unimaginable a reality. We are a dream team obsessed with the uncomfortable excitement of discovering what happens when you merge creativity, intuition and cutting-edge technology. Come be a part of what’s next.

Who We Are

Every Netflix membership, from the moment someone signs up to every plan change, renewal, and cancellation flows through our platform. The Membership & Monetization Platform (MMP) team owns the commerce backbone of Netflix: the Tier 0 services that manage subscription state, pricing, and plan availability for ~330 million members across 190+ countries, handling millions of requests per second.

We're a team of engineers who care deeply about correctness at scale, building systems where getting it wrong means real revenue impact. Our platform is the foundation for Netflix's biggest commercial bets, from Ads and Games to Live Streaming.

What You Will Work On

You'll work across the full spectrum, from product-facing features that directly impact acquisition and retention, to the platform infrastructure that makes them possible at Netflix scale.

You'll partner with product managers, designers, and data scientists to build commerce experiences that drive growth. Recent examples: our systems enabled the password-sharing crackdown, helped launch the Ads-supported plan, and enabled new features for premium members.

On the platform side, you'll tackle distributed systems challenges: race conditions, consistency guarantees and throughput optimization. You’ll evolve our infrastructure to keep pace with Netflix's expanding commerce surface (Ads, Games, Live Streaming). You'll also be part of the on-call rotation for these Tier 0 services, owning production reliability end-to-end.

We're Eager to Talk to You If:

  • You have 9+ years of experience building resilient, high-scale, low-latency distributed systems in production.

  • You've dealt with hard correctness problems: race conditions, eventual consistency, distributed transactions.

  • You have a platform mindset: You can take vague business directives and translate them into scalable and maintainable solutions.

  • You thrive in cross-functional environments and communicate complex technical trade-offs clearly to non-engineering partners.

  • You take end-to-end ownership of your projects: from design through production operations.

Some nice to haves:

  • Working experience with {Java || Kotlin || C# || Scala}, ElasticSearch, Kafka, Hive or AWS.

  • Experience with Presto and/or Spark SQL, Apache Flink

  • Proficient with gRPC, GraphQL, or RESTful API design and implementation.

  • Experience with SQL & NoSQL multi-region data stores such as Cassandra, Amazon Aurora, Memcached.

  • Comfortable with production on-call responsibilities and incident response for Tier 0 services.

  • Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Computer Science or a related field.

Does this sound like something you'd like to do? Awesome! We'd love to hear from you.

 

Generally, our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $388,000.00 - $619,000.00. This compensation range will vary based on location.

Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs. Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off. See more details about our Benefits here.

Netflix is a unique culture and environment. Learn more here.

Inclusion is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want an accommodation/adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, please send a request to your recruiting partner.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.

Job is open for no less than 7 days and will be removed when the position is filled.

About Netflix

Global subscription-based streaming entertainment service and content producer.

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